Biography
Akira Inoue (井上昭, Inoue Akira, 10 December 1928 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese film director. He is known for directing many jidaigeki television dramas. In 1950, he joined the Daiei studio and started working as an assistant director. He made his director debut with Yureikoban in 1960. He directed a lot of jidaigeki television dramas from 1970s to 1980s.
In 1993, he directed Lone Wolf and Cub series film Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict, it was for the first time in 23 years he directed in the film.Inoue died from a cerebral infarction and pneumonia on 9 January 2022, at the age of 93.
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Filmography
all 59
Director 59
Movies 55
TV Shows 4
Director
Korosuna (2022)
Movie
Director
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife (2016)
Movie
Director
Fuyu no Hi (2015)
Movie
Director
Osoi Shiawase (2015)
Movie
Director
One Day in January (2012)
Movie
Director
Code of the Bandits (2011)
Movie
Director
Chichi kara no tegami (2007)
Movie
Director
Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow (2007)
Movie
Director
Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits (2006)
Movie
Director
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel (2004)
Movie
Director
10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal (2004)
Movie
Director
Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro (1998)
Movie
Director
Kagerō 4 (1998)
Movie
Director
Benkei (1997)
Movie
Director
Nemuri Kyōshirō 3: The Man with No Tomorrow (1996)
Movie
Director
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle (1993)
Movie
Director
A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)
Movie
Director
Kawaite sōrō (1993)
Movie
Director
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993)
Movie
Director
Hanzo, the Razor (1993)
Movie
Director
森の石松 (1992)
Movie
Director
The love song of farewell later (1991)
Movie
Director
HOTEL (1990)
TV
Director
Mofuku no niau hitozuma futari (1986)
Movie
Director
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin (1983)
TV
Director
The Fir Trees Remain (1983)
Movie
Director
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl (1983)
Movie
Director
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ (1983)
TV
Director
The Law of Hell (1982)
Movie
Director
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 (1982)
Movie
Director
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword (1982)
Movie
Screenplay / Director
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1981)
Movie
Director
Kasajiro: The Girl with the Kappa Tattoo (1981)
Movie
Director
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage (1981)
Movie
Director
Monkey (1978)
TV
Director
Kanto Woman Fortitude (1969)
Movie
Director
Kanto Woman Yakuza (1968)
Movie
Director
The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968)
Movie
Director
Women's Prison (1968)
Movie
Director
Secret Assignment (1967)
Movie
Director
Drunken Harbor (1966)
Movie
Director
Dynamite Doctor Returns (1966)
Movie
Director
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity (1966)
Movie
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess (1966)
Movie
Director
Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Movie
5.13
Director
Black Weapon (1964)
Movie
Assistant Director
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Movie
4.86
Assistant Director
Buddha (1961)
Movie
Director
Straw hat of Itako (1961)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Blind Menace (1960)
Movie
Assistant Director
Jirocho - The Chivalrous (1960)
Movie
Director
Yûrei koban (1960)
Movie
Assistant Director
Mission Accomplished (1960)
Movie
Assistant Director
Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Lord Pretends (1959)
Movie
Assistant Director
Jirocho Fuji (1959)
Movie
Assistant Director
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days (1959)
Movie
Director
Shadow Hunters
Movie
Ratings
Average 3.26
Based on 10.5 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1959
1966
1982
1968
2022
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1928-12-10
Deathday2022-01-09 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceKyoto Prefecture, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As井上昭
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